Basil Balanon

Illustration | Comics | Backgrounds

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Hello tumblr! Commissions Open!

Now on vgen!

For questions and orders, email me at [email protected]! or on vgen! or shoot a message here! or send me a pigeon!

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GMS Everest

My White Witch tarot card was sort of inspired by Art Nouveau illustrations and Pablo Uchida's art. This time I wanted to go with a Moebius vibe for the background.

Oh, commissions open btw!

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Mecha lineart

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SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN

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Installation view of my new work Haróng Haróng, a tent made of digital print on translucent organza fabric secured with concrete blocks, featuring photographs of informal architecture in Camarines Sur, Laguna, Zambales and Bohol, Philippines, taken in 2016 and 2026.

Kumusta Na Kayo? Curated by Álvaro Talavera, features the work of Lesley de Chavez, Kiri Dalena, Ben Brix, MM Yu, Czar Kristoff J.P. and Chia Amisola.

La Casa Encendida, Ronda de Valencia, 2. 28012, Madrid 16 May — 26 July 2026 Learn more about the exhibition here.

Photos courtesy of La Casa Encendida.

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Lancer Commission! thanks for choosing me

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Illustration commission for Act 2 of Vex's In Golden Flame campaign

Here's a few of the thumbnails that didn't make it but I thought would be fun to show

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I made a short comic essay about recent and not-so-recent tech trends in the Philippines.

If you're in Metro Manila, you can grab a copy @ PICOF this July 10-12, or you can read it online here

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he's a pastel girl at heart

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Manticore in a tarot card commission

The Death tarot card is interesting because a number of frames fits it pretty well. The commissioner's choice of the manticore is cool because of the frame's flavor text about how its presence broadcasts recitations of the book of the dead.

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Lancer pilot commission (featuring her Dullahan by the window)

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Cover commission for Ian Orsinger's warhammer fantasy homebrew supplement

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morniiinnn

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speaking of star wars━ I read WHA last month, so, Olruggio and Qifrey as jedi

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Commission for @4hzgendervendor of their Vlad!

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White Witch in a tarot card

The ferrofluid concept is so cool. I wanted to show it interacting with the environment in a way that reflected its traits.

Check out my other (non-lancer) tarot card illustrations here and here

commissions open if you want me to draw designer mechs aurafarming and pinkguyposing. or other things if you want

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judgement (2025)

I was trying to design a tough veteran mercenary/adventurer and ended up recreating the demoman from first principles without realizing it